A trio of Philadelphia artists \u2014 jazz bassist Christian McBride, producer Will Yip and songwriter Andre Harris \u2014 took home hardware at the 68th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, but pop star Sabrina Carpenter went home empty-handed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carpenter was nominated for six Grammys, including record of the year (“Manchild”), album of the year (“Man’s Best Friend”) and song of the year (“Manchild”). Kendrick Lamar and Sza won record of the year for “Luther,” and Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won song of the year for “Wildflower.” Album of the year went to Bad Bunny’s\u00a0“DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS,” the first Spanish album winner in the category.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0In Justin Faulkner, Philly’s next generation of jazz musicians have a Grammy-nominated instructor<\/a><\/p>\n McBride, a CAPA graduate, won best jazz performance for “Windows (Live)” alongside Chick Corea and Brian Blade. He also won best large jazz ensemble album for “Without Further Ado, Vol. 1” with the\u00a0Christian McBride Big Band. He was nominated for best jazz instrumental album for his work “Trilogy 3 (Live),” also with Chick Corea and Brian Blade, but lost that category.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yip, a Central High School alum and an\u00a0indie rock producer<\/a>\u00a0with a studio in South Philly, was credited for producing Turnstile’s 2025 album “Never Enough.” The group won best rock album and best metal performance for “Birds.” The Baltimore-based band was nominated for five awards, and became the first group to be nominated for rock, alternative and metal categories in the same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Harris, a songwriter and producer, received a nod for his work on Kehlani’s “Folded,” which won best R&B song.\u00a0Harris was last nominated for a Grammy in 2005\u00a0 for his work on Usher’s “Confessions” and Alicia Keys’ “The Diary of Alicia Keys.” Both albums were nominated for album of the year but lost to Ray Charles’ “Genius Loves Company.”<\/p>\n